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not to be from the big city in kentucky politics. he is not your typical back- slapping, stump orator-type of politician. host: you point out in the book that early in his career he made a couple mistakes. you read that he made his share of mistakes in the first term. he blundered in 1985 by announcing that a large toyota plant was coming to kentucky when he had little to do with the project. it was not a terrific year. it had become painfully clear that he was not ready for the job and it would take considerable time for him to become an effective leader. guest: that is right. martha collins, a democratic who was at that time the governor of kentucky had much more to do with the toyota plans coming then senator mitch mcconnell did. he admits that he did over-reach trying to claim credit for that. he admits he was very much and repaired to become a senator. he had devoted himself nearly exclusively to winning the office and got very little about what being a senator was all about. to his credit, he set about steading that with the sa
not to be from the big city in kentucky politics. he is not your typical back- slapping, stump orator-type of politician. host: you point out in the book that early in his career he made a couple mistakes. you read that he made his share of mistakes in the first term. he blundered in 1985 by announcing that a large toyota plant was coming to kentucky when he had little to do with the project. it was not a terrific year. it had become painfully clear that he was not ready for the job and it...
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the next call from john out of kentucky. go ahead. >> here in kentucky, instead of putting people in jail, just letting them out. here's a comment i want to make. i saw a guy on c-span that said the wealthiest states are right outside of washington, d.c. but they don't produce any jobs. they are all lobbyists. until they give up control of the government, i don't think anything will happen. thank you for taking my call. >> thanks for taking the call. john from kentucky where the numbers were 5.5% in november 2000. up to 11.0% in july. >> kentucky is really getting hit hard. we know states are facing enormous crises. when revenues fall as we know they are doing, they have no choice but to either cut spending or taxes. one of the things i have heard is let's try to reduce our prison population. we are putting them into the labor market >> we are releasing prisoners without the support. that's going to provide problems. >> there are jobs being created right now in healthcare and it. maryland needs workers. >> 7.3% in the late 1
the next call from john out of kentucky. go ahead. >> here in kentucky, instead of putting people in jail, just letting them out. here's a comment i want to make. i saw a guy on c-span that said the wealthiest states are right outside of washington, d.c. but they don't produce any jobs. they are all lobbyists. until they give up control of the government, i don't think anything will happen. thank you for taking my call. >> thanks for taking the call. john from kentucky where the...
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host: kentucky, on the republican line. caller: i would like to make a comment about medicare and insurance. i do not appreciate our president to get on the air and say that he will let us keep our insurance that we have. you do not let me do anything as far as i am concerned if i pay for it. i did not think it is any of his business what insurance co. and i have or the democrat party, either. or the republican party. i just do not believe in that. i do not abuse my insurance. i just found out that i have cancer which is in remission right now. i want to know if they would change everything so you will not have insurance, or not -- if i have to pay for taiwan's that entrance to be there when i needed. i only go to the doctor every three months to get my medication. i cannot take generic drugs. it makes me sick. why should they worry about it? if i pay for it, it is none of their business. the government is sticking their nose in too many things. there will be a civil war here in this country the next thing you know. i will
host: kentucky, on the republican line. caller: i would like to make a comment about medicare and insurance. i do not appreciate our president to get on the air and say that he will let us keep our insurance that we have. you do not let me do anything as far as i am concerned if i pay for it. i did not think it is any of his business what insurance co. and i have or the democrat party, either. or the republican party. i just do not believe in that. i do not abuse my insurance. i just found out...
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host: edmonton, kentucky, charlie, republican caller. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you and thank you for c-span. i have just one question. maybe a small comment. it is hard for me to understand, ma'am, why, we someone who opposes your organization is a mob, yet folks that agree with your organization are protesters. like the last caller said, you don't have a right to shout down, but the opposing side, if it were not in the lead, would be shouting down and we know that is the truth. and i would like to comment that i organized a tea party protest in my hometown the 4th of july, there was not one corporate donation or organization that was behind us. we had over 100 people in my small town and our organization, our group, was not protest being the healthcare -- we were not protesting the healthcare but we were protesting liberty. this effort of the federal government over every aspect of our life is not going to work. the two opposing forces in country will have to butt heads and come to a conclusion one day. we have a right to our opinion. it
host: edmonton, kentucky, charlie, republican caller. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you and thank you for c-span. i have just one question. maybe a small comment. it is hard for me to understand, ma'am, why, we someone who opposes your organization is a mob, yet folks that agree with your organization are protesters. like the last caller said, you don't have a right to shout down, but the opposing side, if it were not in the lead, would be shouting down and we know that is the...
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host: next call from kentucky on in the injured line. -- on the insured line. hello? please go ahead. caller: please do not cut me off. we only get on one surplus a year. i wanted to tell the gentleman -- i appreciate the doctor being so candid about treating the patient regardless whether he could pay or not. if this bill was over $1 million, i expect he would have had to take bankruptcy to be able to afford to care for his wife. and we know that that is the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country, medical liability. the other thing i wanted to state, i have two or three questions. for those on the advantage plan, humana is the local insurance company here in louisville, and i read that they had a 44% profit last quarter, and i think there major focus has been the advantage plan. my representative is willing to take the choices that we have if this passes. i have heard several other legislatures, so that is another myth. the other thing -- isn't there a government program that is reimbursing some what you're uninsured care? and our physicians monitor train themse
host: next call from kentucky on in the injured line. -- on the insured line. hello? please go ahead. caller: please do not cut me off. we only get on one surplus a year. i wanted to tell the gentleman -- i appreciate the doctor being so candid about treating the patient regardless whether he could pay or not. if this bill was over $1 million, i expect he would have had to take bankruptcy to be able to afford to care for his wife. and we know that that is the leading cause of bankruptcy in this...
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barbara joining us from kentucky. good morning. caller: the comment that i had is on this cash for clunkers program. i do not know if people realize this, but first of all, dealers were advertising it before the regulations were even finalized. many are having them sign papers that say if your car does not end of qualifying for the program, you will be responsible for the credit. or they will have to bring their old car back. i understand why they are trying to get these older cars off the road, but when they do, that takes those vehicles out of the marketplace. there will be people who cannot afford a higher price vehicle. some are just looking for a cheaper car, and that will not be available. some people will be looking for a lower priced vehicle, and they do not have the money to go to something more expensive. they will be negatively impacted. another thing i have heard is some regulation with regard to qualifying for the program is that it needs to be insured for the last year. you need to have the tunnel for at least one yea
barbara joining us from kentucky. good morning. caller: the comment that i had is on this cash for clunkers program. i do not know if people realize this, but first of all, dealers were advertising it before the regulations were even finalized. many are having them sign papers that say if your car does not end of qualifying for the program, you will be responsible for the credit. or they will have to bring their old car back. i understand why they are trying to get these older cars off the...
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it started in louisville, k kentucky. it was around 1982. host: how have these things that have changed over time, what does it mean for health care reform? caller: there are two big problems that i do not hear addressed in all of the hearings. probably because of a lot of the influence from pharmaceutical companies. the fact that health care has moved from something that was a charitable operation or a teaching circumstance to one that is for profit. i have seen costs increased tremendously over the years. host: fenty for your comments. guest: i am not familiar with the hospital situation. i know that chuck grassley is looking into this nonprofit versus for-profit bill. there is an investigation. i know that it is something they are looking at. host: how strong is a lobbying effort going to be over the next month or more? they can hit congressman and senators in their home states, there can be a national campaign, what should we be looking for? guest: it will be ramping up, particularly because while there are no bills, there are more ideas
it started in louisville, k kentucky. it was around 1982. host: how have these things that have changed over time, what does it mean for health care reform? caller: there are two big problems that i do not hear addressed in all of the hearings. probably because of a lot of the influence from pharmaceutical companies. the fact that health care has moved from something that was a charitable operation or a teaching circumstance to one that is for profit. i have seen costs increased tremendously...
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it was permitted in kentucky, tennessee. not because abraham lincoln looked the other way, but because he affirmatively wrote in the second part of the emancipation proclamation that it could remain. you are also right that we need to learn the lessons of the past. we cannot shy away even from an ugly past. you are also correct there are at least three parts of the original constitution that have since been amended that authorized slavery and capped the government's hands off of it. lincoln once proposed a 13th amendment in the constitution which would have constitutionalized slavery and would have said the federal government may not come under any circumstances, interfere with it. he wrote it, proposed it, it passed the senate, but not the house of representatives. host: next phone call from mike, san diego, california. caller: good morning. i just wanted to ask you a question. you said something important. you just said the same thing in essence what we all heard reverend jeremiah wright say, but he said it with such passi
it was permitted in kentucky, tennessee. not because abraham lincoln looked the other way, but because he affirmatively wrote in the second part of the emancipation proclamation that it could remain. you are also right that we need to learn the lessons of the past. we cannot shy away even from an ugly past. you are also correct there are at least three parts of the original constitution that have since been amended that authorized slavery and capped the government's hands off of it. lincoln...
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a spokesman for senate majority -- senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a kentucky republican, said it depends on how it's set up. if it is a government plan under a different name, it is not going to get support. it will be like having another fannie and freddie." michael steele, a spokesman for house majority leader john boehner, said there is a simple -- there is concern that cost would simply be a gateway drug to government run health care." boston, you are up now. mary on the independent line. caller: i wanted to ask sam youngman and "washington journal" why you will not cover the single payer movement at all, why you never bring up john conyers bill, which has been around a couple of years and is widely popular, but largely also miss understood. host: what should we know about it? caller: is medicare extended to everybody. i do not think it is hard to understand as a public auction. guest: is not so much that i am disinclined to write about single payer, but when the president says flatly he is not in favor of the single payer system, that is when i felt like it was taken off
a spokesman for senate majority -- senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a kentucky republican, said it depends on how it's set up. if it is a government plan under a different name, it is not going to get support. it will be like having another fannie and freddie." michael steele, a spokesman for house majority leader john boehner, said there is a simple -- there is concern that cost would simply be a gateway drug to government run health care." boston, you are up now. mary on the...
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i kentucky in the 27 years of superintendent, the worst thing you can do is start a successful program and then say, we have to stop this program because we don't have the money. it does not work well in most communities. host: percentage wise -- and i know it varies -- how much money comes from local and regional governments for schools verses what you get from the federal government? guest: generally the highest percentage of revenue comes from the local, property tax. that is part of the problem. property taxes have been reduced significantly due out the country because of a drop in property values. that is the number one impact on school district budget. the second is the state. you figure when an average of 60% of the money, comes from local revenue, about generally 30% of the money comes from the state, and then at most, you are looking 8% to 10% of federal dollars making of the rest of the budget. it is the local first and the state second that makes up the bulk of district revenue. host: our topic is the stimulus money and the schools and what impact it has on primary and secon
i kentucky in the 27 years of superintendent, the worst thing you can do is start a successful program and then say, we have to stop this program because we don't have the money. it does not work well in most communities. host: percentage wise -- and i know it varies -- how much money comes from local and regional governments for schools verses what you get from the federal government? guest: generally the highest percentage of revenue comes from the local, property tax. that is part of the...
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knox, kentucky to pay off the national debt. we're not using it to back our money anymore, so it seems to me we could use that gold. host: plainfield, new jersey, you're next. maury on our democrats' line. caller: good morning. i think that to help the economy we need to do a couple of things. we need to do something with the banks to get them to help people out with their mortgages, and we need to do something about creating jobs. people are not spending money because they don't have it. host: one of the things in the paper highlighted this morning was consumer confidence and concerns about people spending their money. how do you think you reverse that trend? caller: first of all, you get them a job. people don't have the money to spend. that will help them to fine jobs with something to create more jobs and work with the banks that got the government money, our money, to get them to do something about helping people with their mortgages. host: when you say get them a job, do you think that is a direct involvement of the federa
knox, kentucky to pay off the national debt. we're not using it to back our money anymore, so it seems to me we could use that gold. host: plainfield, new jersey, you're next. maury on our democrats' line. caller: good morning. i think that to help the economy we need to do a couple of things. we need to do something with the banks to get them to help people out with their mortgages, and we need to do something about creating jobs. people are not spending money because they don't have it. host:...
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kentucky, good morning. caller: mexicans are coming across the border illegally. canadians have been coming across the border, but you cannot get across like that. we need to shut the whole thing down. host: texas, republican line. caller: i supported the president't, but i cannot go along with the immigration policy. my son is taking over my moving business. the business is down 90% because of the illegals that work here. not only that, but i cannot agree with what you said, that we have benefited from nafta. we have got 10 million people here right now that are unemployed. how has nafta help us? i cannot see. please explain to me why, when we get stopped in mexico, we are immediately put in jail without identification and things that we are supposed to have, but they can come over here and a stop and nothing happens. host: thank you very much. you have raised a couple of interesting points. on the northern border with canada, one of the areas where we have suffered in recent years has been cross border tourism traffic, going in both directions. people coming to
kentucky, good morning. caller: mexicans are coming across the border illegally. canadians have been coming across the border, but you cannot get across like that. we need to shut the whole thing down. host: texas, republican line. caller: i supported the president't, but i cannot go along with the immigration policy. my son is taking over my moving business. the business is down 90% because of the illegals that work here. not only that, but i cannot agree with what you said, that we have...
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our next guest, joe, on the independent line from kentucky. caller: good morning. i'm sorry that the moderator is worried about that ad, picking on our poor president, following him up in new england. but i have a question here for the lap dog from political. he was a lap dog for the democrats on cbs, and the whole political bunch is for the democrats. when obama and his family went to the grand canyon there was a woman leaning over the rail, and i think it was the first lady of this it u.s. -- host: we will let it go. . guest: this is the political and varmint we are operating in at this point. people have firm ideas about what they ideasin and what is right and wrong and are passionate about that. -- they have firm ideas about what is right and wrong. it is not bad to be passionate, but it is how we settle disagreements. we fight over ideas. what obama said he would try to bring into this town was more openness, working together more. republicans will say that the president may have tried to work together with them in the beginning, but his democratic friends on
our next guest, joe, on the independent line from kentucky. caller: good morning. i'm sorry that the moderator is worried about that ad, picking on our poor president, following him up in new england. but i have a question here for the lap dog from political. he was a lap dog for the democrats on cbs, and the whole political bunch is for the democrats. when obama and his family went to the grand canyon there was a woman leaning over the rail, and i think it was the first lady of this it u.s. --...
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. >> host: and sam from central city, kentucky. good morning, sam. >> good morning. how are you today? >> guest: just fine, thanks. >> good. good way the lady from new york just called, i was going to talk about tort reform. i believe this is not healthcare reform. this is healthcare welfare that is being pushed on us and will be passed on us because this is what the liberals want. if it was reform, tort reform would be a big part of it because we know the trial lawyers and ambulance chasers play a big part in the cost of overall healthcare. trial lawyers and democratic party do not want this so it will not be passed. as far as things in the bill, we are told there are myths out there about healthcare. one of them is taxpayer money for abortion with the public. as of date, there have been nine amendments presented that would expressly prohibit taxpayer money on any public option of going toward paying abortions. it has been defeated. what does that tell you about the agenda on taxpayer money for abortions and public or anything. i'm not one of these town hall crazys,
. >> host: and sam from central city, kentucky. good morning, sam. >> good morning. how are you today? >> guest: just fine, thanks. >> good. good way the lady from new york just called, i was going to talk about tort reform. i believe this is not healthcare reform. this is healthcare welfare that is being pushed on us and will be passed on us because this is what the liberals want. if it was reform, tort reform would be a big part of it because we know the trial lawyers...
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louisville, kentucky, and on our republican line, go ahead. caller: that lady you had on, i think maybe she's a loob byist for the toyota car dealers. host: she's the vice president of a chain of dealerships that includes toyota and a number of dealerships. caller: the foreign fwotes and whatever -- toyotas and whatever they have you. host: i think she was given statistics. our reporter josh mitchell echoed those two. the toyota corolla was the number one model traded in. go ahead. i'm taking your time. you go ahead with your comments. caller: i think she really is a lobbyist also. host: tammy darvish? i don't think so. she's the vice president of an auto chain. next time she's on, you can ask her. caller: i saw her on there twice. she seems to be pushing those toyotas. i appreciate to get somebody on there represent ford, general motors or chrysler. host: long island, next up, john on our independents line. caller: i was going to co-sign one of those deals for my son on a cash for clunkers and the government doesn't get the $4,500, i'm on the
louisville, kentucky, and on our republican line, go ahead. caller: that lady you had on, i think maybe she's a loob byist for the toyota car dealers. host: she's the vice president of a chain of dealerships that includes toyota and a number of dealerships. caller: the foreign fwotes and whatever -- toyotas and whatever they have you. host: i think she was given statistics. our reporter josh mitchell echoed those two. the toyota corolla was the number one model traded in. go ahead. i'm taking...